Bag-holder.



J. H. DEVINI.

, BAG HOLDER.

' A'PPLIOAIIOI FILED TERRE, 1912.

A Patented Jan. 7,1913.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

JoHN H. DEVINL'OF CLEVELAND, TEXAS.

To all @hom t may concern Be 1t known that I, JOHN H. DEVINI, a citizen of Austria-Hungary, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Liberty and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the :following is aspecification.

The present .invention relates to ybag holders and primarily to that type which are manufactured or sold with the bags.

This invention comprises an attachment composed of frame sections preferably foldable, one upon the other and which, when the mouth of the bag is opened, may be in-` terlocked to reinforce the bag at its mouth.

By constructing the bag holder in accord-- ance with the present invention, the same may be cheaply fabricated and attached to the bags before putting vthe same on the market, and occupy very little more room in storage than the bag itself would occupy i2 and Withoutthis attachment. Also, in fabricating this attachment of some light material,- which need not necessarily be metal, very little weight will be added to the bag, and when an empty bag is opened, the weight of this attachment will not cause the bag to give thereunder. A

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to be had to the following description-and to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the present invention applied to a bag. Fig. 2 is a view of the invent-ion applied to' a bag when the latter is lcollapsed or folded. .`Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the end vsections of the attachment. Fig. 4 is an edge view thereof. Fig. 5 isan elevation of the reverse side of that shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective View of a side Sectio-11, illustrating a portion of the end section fastened thereto.

The present invention is preferably adapted for use with paper bags but may be used equally as well with bags constructed of other material.

In the drawings l designates'the side sections and 2 the end sections, the terminals of the latter being provided with the slots or openings 3 adapted to receive the ton es 4 formed on the terminals of the side sections l and bent back upon the body of the section l to prevent dislodgment of the sections yet permit of pivotal movement.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ltongue v11, which is .fastened to the bag.

is claimed as new is:

Each end section 2 comprises preferably Patented J an. 7,1913.

Application led February :28,l 1912. Serial No. 680,466.

the adjoining terminal of the member 6 to 8 formed in establish a pivotal-connection between the- ,members The member 5 has the terminalv which carries the tongue 7 reduced, as at 9,

to permit of a telescopic action between the members 5 and 6, said reduced terminal 9 .sliding between thev member 6 and the guidmg orstifening flanges 10 preferablyintegrally formed on the member 6 and bent -backwardly thereon and in spaced rela-tion thereto, to permit such telescopic action.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that the bag holder may be folded, as disclosedl v'in Fig. 2 of the drawings through the pivotal connect-ions of the several sections, and when said holder is opened, asin Fig..1, the terminal 9 is slidably received beneath the tions 2 are made rigid and the device or at'- tachment rendered operative.-

In a bag holder constructed vas above, the proper ali'ning of the members 5 and 6 to permitthe telescopic action of said members would probably be found difficult to procure were it not for the alining member 11 which comprises a tongue stamped from the member 6, as disclosed in Figs. 3 and 4, and bent backwardly to normally bear against the member 5 when the latter is in alined position. It will thus be seen that when the members 2 are. unfolded, the member or preferably resilient, limits the movement of the members past an alined position, thus facilitating the telescoping ofthe members 5 and 6. Furthermore, the tongue 1l produces sufficient fric- 'tion with the member 5 to normally hold the members in their .ftelescopic position.

This attachment may be applied to the bag 1n any preferred manner but the attaching operation will be greatly facilitated by stamping the small tongues or clenching projections l2 from the sections, whereby the latter may be clenched or Having thus descri bed the invention, what l. As an article of manufacture, a bag holder comprising slde sections, a member Vconnected toV each terminal ofone side secsecurely stiifening'iianges 10, whereby the end secterminal passing through the slot in the rstmentioned member to establishbetween the members a pivotal and slidable connection, and stiflening flanges on` the first member lzdapted to s lidably receive the second mem- 2. As an article of manufacture, a bag holder comprising side sections and end sections pivotally secured thereto, each end section comprising a member having a tongue on one terminal, a second member having an elongated opening to receive the tongue to form a pivotal and slidable connection, stiliiening flanges on the second member to permit a telescopic movement of the members when in an alined position, and means carried by one of the members whereby the latter are properly alined.

3. As an article of manufacture, a bag holder comprising side and end sections pivotally connected, eachend section com* prising companion members, one member having a tongue o-n one terminal, the other member having a slot to receive the tongue to establish a pivotal and slidable connection between the companion members, a stop element carried by the second named member to limit the pivotal movement f the members beyond an alined position, and stiHening flanges carried on one member to slidably receive the companion member when the members are in an alined posit-ion.

4. As an article of manufacture, a. bag holder in the form of a collapsible and eX- pansible frame, comprising side pieces, end pieces pivotally connected therewith, each end piece comprising sections, means permanently pivotally connecting the adjacent ends of said sections and permitting said sections to move longitudinally with relation to each other in both directions, and means for connecting the adjacent ends of the sections upon their longitudinal movements inwardly so that the end piece is in eii'ect an integral suitably stiff element.

5. As an article of manufacture, a collapsible and expansible frame for holding bags, comprising side pieces, end pieces pivotally connected therewith, each end piece being formed in a plurality of sections, a holding element carried by the inner end of one section and adapted to engage the adjacentinner end of the other section when said sections are moved in longitudinal sliding engagement with each other whereby the sections may be connected so as to prevent relative swinging movement, and separate means pivotally yconnecting the adjacent ends of the sections so that they may be easily folded upon each other after being moved outwardly to break the engagement of the holding member.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN H. DEVINI.

Witnesses:

E. A. MEEKINS, L. A. IsAAoKs. 

